Improvement in locking-case for stop-cocks



- To alllfwhofm it may concern:

l* www tant -N gaat entre I VALENTINE T HALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

c Lam Mamiya. 89,930, daad May 11, ism-"nnkk,

MPRVEMENT -IN LDCKINGFCASE LFOR STP-COCKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent andmaking paxtof the name.

Be it known that I, VALENTINE T. HALL, of the city of Brooklyn,` county of Kings, andl State of New York,

have in venteda new and useful Improvement in Locking-Oase for Stop-Cocks' and Connections; and I do hereby declare that the followiugis a full, clear, and exact' description thereof, ,which will enable others skilled in the art tomake andA use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of` this-specifcation.` i'

This invention relates to a new and improved methodgof securing stop-cocks and `connections for gas,

steam, water,- and other fluids and liquids;4 and con-l sists in a case or clasp, formed of one or more parts,"

which case shall enclose, or partially enclose the stopcock or connection, and be locked over the same, as

will be hereinafter described. r In the accompanying plate of` drawings i Figure l represents a `longitudinal view of apipe,

with a stop-cock attached, where the stop-cock is enclosed by myimproved case, and thus protected, and

when the stop-cock is prevented from beingturned olf or removed fron tlie-pipe.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of fig, 1, thrcughfthe line x x. y

, Figure 3 is a modification of the case, showing it as adaptedto protect what is known as the funion, or loose lthiinble-conn'ection of the pipe with ages-meter, or similar purpose v i Similar letters of ,reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a pipeconnecte'd with a reservoir of gas, steam,

water, or other fluids or liquids.

- B is a strap, connected therewith or attached there-` to in any permanent mannen It may be a collar, lug, oran e. y

C represents the case or clasp. In this example of my invention, the case is made in two parts, D and E. i i f i These parts are so formed that they enclose ,the stop-cock F, as represented. f

They are connected at one end by an interior hook and recess. N

q is the hook, which is attached to D, and

ley is a cavity or recess in E.

Uien the hook `is inserted, as seen in drawing, g. 1, the other ends are brought together and secured around the cock by a padlock, as seen in the drawing.

The case, represented in fig. 3, is Aunited and secured 'in the same manner, the variation being only in the fornrof the'case, to adapt it to the shape of the union joint. f

joint. l

- To prevent the stop-cock from being turned orremoved from the pipe, there is a pin, J, attached toV one of the vsides ofthe case, which pin passes -through a hole in the strap B, (or through a fast collar or lug,

On the pipe A,) which arrangement prevents the cock from being turned or unscrewed from the pipe.

By connecting the two parts of the case, by an interior fastening, no chauce is left for ,picking or tampering with the case. i

The padlock may be burglar-proof, and as secure as such locks can be made.,

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pateut' j The case or clasp G, provided with either an interior hook-fastening, or with a hinge, or other connection, and so epnstructedg-that a stop-cock or conne@ tion may beecured and prevented from being turned or removed, by applying a 4padlock to the case, substantially as rshown and described i v v. T. HALL. lWitnesses:

. FRANK BLOOKLEY,

ALEX. F. RoBER'ra 

